Hilltown Woman Abducted, Raped

A 21-year-old woman was abducted outside her home in Souderton yesterday morning, driven to Hilltown and raped in her own car, police said.

The incident began at 5:45 a.m., police said, when the woman was forced into her car at knifepoint by man, described as white, in his 20s, with light hair and a mustache.

"She had just gotten out of her car," said Detective Sgt. Bill Leyden of the Hilltown police department. "He had her drive to Central Avenue in Hilltown where he physically and sexually assaulted her."

Afterwards, Leyden said, "she ran from the car through some woods to a house, where police were called."

Leyden said the car was found later "not far from the point of abduction." A forensic team spent yesterday afternoon investigating the vehicle, he said.

"There was a lot of blood in the car," Leyden said, adding that the victim suffered a broken nose during the incident.